Co Antrim acting star Liam Neeson has branded allegations of sexual assaults in Hollywood as "a bit of a witch-hunt".

Speaking on The Late Late Show, the Ballymena man said “there’s some people, famous people, being suddenly accused of touching some girl’s knee, or something, and suddenly they’re being dropped from their programme, or something”.

Asked what he thought of the growing list of allegations of sexual assaults in his industry, Neeson added: “It’s a bit of a witch-hunt.”

Host Ryan Tubridy asked the 65-year-old how he felt about Kevin Spacey and Dustin Hoffman, actors who have been accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct.

Neeson said he was “on the fence” about allegations against Hoffman, saying that what he had been accused of was “childhood stuff”.

He added: “When you’re doing a play and you’re with your family – other actors, technicians – you do silly things ... and it becomes kind of superstitious, if you don’t do it every night you think it’s going to jinx the show."